About Oswald Astley Cheesman
Lived 1913 – 1985 (aged 72). Oswald Astley Cheesman was a New Zealand conductor, composer and pianist.
Oswald Astley Cheesman (13 September 1913 – 29 September 1985) was a New Zealand musician, music teacher, conductor and composer.
Cheesman was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 13 September 1913. After World War II, he was involved in forming first New Zealand Broadcasting Service's Auckland Radio Orchestra and then in 1946 and 1947 the National Orchestra, now the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. In the 1972 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to music.
Cheesman married Elaine Court in Auckland in March 1939. They had three sons. Cheesman died in Auckland in September 1985, aged 72.
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Who was Oswald Astley Cheesman?
Musician, music teacher, conductor, composer (1913–1985)
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Oswald Astley Cheesman was born on 13 September 1913.
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Oswald Astley Cheesman died on 29 September 1985.
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Oswald Astley Cheesman was a conductor, composer and pianist.
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Oswald Astley Cheesman was New Zealand.
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